The Spectral Child on Screen series brings together a carefully selected programme of films from a range of historical periods and cinematic traditions, all of which have the motif of a ghost of a child at their heart.

The Changeling (15, 1980, 102mins)

Introduced by Dr Mikel Koven, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Worcester.

Composer John Russell (George C. Scott) is vacationing with his family when a car accident kills his wife and daughter. Distraught with grief, Russell leaves his home in New York City for a giant, secluded house near Seattle.

Soon Russell starts to feel the presence of a ghost, a boy who drowned in the bathtub there. Russell seeks the assistance of Claire Norman (Trish Van Devere), who led him to the house initially, in uncovering the secrets of the boy's death.

The Devil's Backbone (15, 2001, 103mins)

Set during the final week of the Spanish Civil War, it tells the tale of a twelve-year-old boy who, after his freedom-fighting father is killed, is sent to a haunted rural orphanage full of terrible secrets.

There will be a 10 minute interval between the films.